Correlating business workflows with transaction tracking
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for correlating business workflows with transaction tracking by a computer, comprising:
- identifying, by the computer, an instrumentation point in a business process of a business workflow that invokes an IT resource that carries out at least a portion of the business process; and
associating, by the computer at the instrumentation point, the business process and the IT resource with a transaction name having business semantics such that correlation data gathered about the IT resource is linked with the business process.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for correlating business workflows with transaction tracking, the method including identifying an instrumentation point in a business process of a business workflow that invokes an IT resource that carries out at least a portion of the business process and associating, at the instrumentation point, the business process and the IT resource with a transaction name having business semantics such that correlation data gathered about the IT resource may be linked with the business process. Correlating business workflows with transaction tracking may also include gathering correlation data about the IT resource, selecting one of the plurality of service specific correlator passing methods, and passing a correlator in accordance with the selected service specific correlator passing methods.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for correlating business workflows with transaction tracking by a computer, comprising:
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identifying, by the computer, an instrumentation point in a business process of a business workflow that invokes an IT resource that carries out at least a portion of the business process; and associating, by the computer at the instrumentation point, the business process and the IT resource with a transaction name having business semantics such that correlation data gathered about the IT resource is linked with the business process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for correlating business workflows with transaction tracking, the system, comprising:
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a computer processor; a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions comprising; computer program instructions for identifying an instrumentation point in a business process of a business workflow that invokes an IT resource that carries out at least a portion of the business process; and computer program instructions for associating, at the instrumentation point, the business process and the IT resource with a transaction name having business semantics such that correlation data gathered about the IT resource is linked with the business process. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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